The General Services Administration (GSA) intends to partner with local and state governments to expand the use of a website that offers single sign-in services to users of programs funded by the federal government, Nextgov reported Wednesday.
Login .gov provides a cloud-based authentication service that protects the privacy of users. Adopters of the service can access Medicaid, Medicaid managed care plans and other federal government services offered at the local level using one account and password.
Matthew Burrell, a spokesman for GSA, said the agency adopts the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)-defined best security practices for the identity verification service. Burrell added that local and state agencies that will use Login .gov services will pay technical onboarding and other usage-based costs.
